Ukraine's choice: the chocolate king, comeback queen or clown prince?

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No laughing matter - comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy looks set to claim victory in Ukraine's presidential election

“His campaign messages are strong and clear and he’s very active on social media and YouTube . . . He has invested a lot in making a cool campaign, while the others are using the same old tools – bringing people in on buses to their rallies, making promises. They seem boring in comparison,” she explains.

There is deep disappointment in Ukraine that Poroshenko and his allies did not use the momentum of the Maidan revolution to institute the rule of law and end a system of governance based on backroom deals between politicians and tycoons. Tymoshenko wants Poroshenko to be impeached over the allegations, and pledges to sweep clean Ukrainian politics and to cut people’s taxes and gas bills while boosting public spending – promises which chime with her reputation as a populist but would not sit well with the International Monetary Fund and Kiev’s other international creditors.

Zelenskiy is trying to counter concerns over his lack of experience by recruiting a team of experts and former ministers, but critics fear he would be easy meat for the big beasts of Ukrainian politics – including Ihor Kolomoisky, the oligarch whose television station airs his shows while lambasting Poroshenko.

 

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